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Gibsonton, Florida

Gibsonton, Florida

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

Martha's Vineyard Gingerbread Houses

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Gearrannan Blackhouse Village

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.
Venice, Italy

Palazzo Dario

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.
Mecca, California

Salton Sea

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Rye, Colorado

Bishop Castle

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Aba, China

Huanglong Travertine Pools

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.
Florence, Italy

La Specola Anatomical Collection

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
Vista Hermosa, Colombia

Caño Cristales

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."
Berlin, Germany

Liquidrom

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eastern State Penitentiary

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Rockport, Massachusetts

Paper House

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.
Alliance, Nebraska

Carhenge

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Tijuana, Mexico

La Mona

Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.
Xuân Trạch, Vietnam

Hang Son Doong

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.
Ohope, New Zealand

Whakaari/White Island

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.
Solomon Islands

The World Discoverer

The ship that got left behind.
Oxford, England

The Headington Shark

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.
Glasgow, Scotland

Govanhill Baths

The community pools that the community refused to give up on.
Dublin, Ireland

The Hungry Tree

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.
Dublin, Ireland

National Leprechaun Museum

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.
Dublin, Ireland

St. Michan's Mummies

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.
Dublin, Ireland

The Long Room Library at Trinity College

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
New York, New York

Kenka

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?